TO RECAP:
- The president will grant the most notorious living sex trafficker on the planet clemency, if she testifies that he’s innocent
- They don’t want you to believe the thousands of women who were victims of Epstein
- But they do expect you to believe ONE woman, Ghislaine Maxwell

A vibrant, wide-angle photo of a colorful outdoor mural promoting the "Super Bowl LX Apple Music Halftime Show." The mural is painted on a long blue wall in a sunlit, tropical setting with real palm trees and bright pink bougainvillea flowers cascading over the top. The artwork features a playful, surreal collage of cultural and football-themed elements: Central Text: The Apple Music logo in bold yellow and red 3D lettering is flanked by "SUPER BOWL LX" above and "HALFTIME SHOW" below. Iconic Imagery: Large illustrations of a golden trumpet, pink sunglasses, maracas, dominoes, and a cup of coffee with a musical note in the foam. Football Elements: Brown footballs are depicted growing on palm trees like coconuts and resting on the ground. Foreground: A young girl in a yellow dress walks along the sidewalk in front of the mural, passing a small goalpost illustration where a green parrot is perched. The overall aesthetic is warm, festive, and celebrates a fusion of Latin-inspired culture and American football.

I'm going to do a thread of all the references and context behind Bad Bunny's performance and what it means for Puerto Ricans to see this on the biggest stage.

The opening title screen is a street mural in Puerto Rico that comes to life with footballs as coconuts.

Follow along!

Screenshot of an X.com post by Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) quoting Rep. Adam Schiff criticizing the SAVE Act, saying Republicans have created distrust in elections by making claims of nonexistent fraud and are now using that distrust to justify voter suppression. Below is a TV still from ABC’s This Week showing Schiff speaking remotely with a host seated at a desk.

That is precisely what the GOP game plan is.

A graphic with a red filter and a photo of several billionaires standing alongside the Trump administration. The text says, "Trump’s assault on Social Security has already begun. He’s building a government by the billionaires, for the billionaires."

End the oligarchy. We need to tax billionaires out of existence.

No wonder Trump could con the rubes.

This is the message MAGA is protesting.

PARENT COMPANY: ROARK CAPITAL GROUP According to Federal Election Commission filings compiled by OpenSecrets.org, Roark Capital Group’s donations during the 2024 election cycle included: $1,500,000 to Sentinel Action Fund $414,376 to the Republican National Committee $398,257 to the National Republican Senatorial Committee $32,948 to the National Republican Congressional Committee $21,193 directly to the Trump Campaign (Donald Trump, Candidate R-PRES) In addition, on April 14, 2020, Inspire Brands was listed among the corporations that joined then-President Trump’s “Great American Economic Revival Industry Groups,” a White House initiative advising on economic reopening during the COVID-19 pandemic. These connections — including millions of dollars in donations to pro-Trump and Republican committees and participation in a Trump administration policy council — illustrate a clear alignment between Inspire Brands and the Trump political network.

Reminder to those ordering wings for the SB - Buffalo Wild Wings is a big Trump donor:

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the most impactful thing Elon Musk has ever done or will ever do regarding science and innovation in this country is illegally cut billions of dollars of research funds for literally no reason

Here they🇬🇧..... are.....👇

WE ARE THE SOMEONE ELSE WHO WILL STOP HIM.

A first step, sure. But there’s usually only 150 in the entire state. This drawdown means there will still be around 2,300 (15x the normal amount) unaccountable federal agents roaming our streets.

Walmart’s Monopolization of Local Grocery Markets | Independent Business In 203 markets, Walmart controls 50% or more of the grocery market. No other corporation has ever amassed this much control over the food system.

1. A reminder: Walmart's $1 trillion valuation is the product of decades of unchecked anticompetitive behavior. It's no coincidence that Walmart began its insane growth spurt after the 1980s decision to stop enforcing key antitrust laws. More than others, Walmart recognized what this meant.

This picture is probably worth more than 1,000 words.

Why Boys Are Behind in Reading at Every Age

Setting aside elementary curriculum & instruction for the moment, we've known for decades much of what it takes to encourage reading in and out of school by secondary students regardless of gender, and instead of doing this, we've plied them with edtech, apps, test prep, and devices they carry 24/7.

The Sunday “News” shows are merely GOP lie-to-your-face and blame Democrats forums.

This Epstein drop is HUGE and utterly disgusting. I don’t see how this man is allowed to remain in office. Where are the evangelical leaders, the soccer moms, the folks stocking up on eggs, the farmers, the small business owners.

Decide. Who are you?

Good fucking morning to everybody except Pam Bondi and Todd Blanche, who are refusing to release the names of every person accused of abusing young girls and young boys in the Epstein files. They have no problem exposing the victims’ information, but are protecting the perpetrators. Wonder why?

We were told corporate tax breaks would "create jobs."

We've given Amazon $9.5 BILLION in tax breaks over the last 7 years.

Since October, they've announced layoffs of 9% of their employees.

All those tax breaks did was make their CEOs and wealthy shareholders richer.

If this is true, it’s staggering. You don’t outsource sensitive Pentagon IT to engineers sitting in China and call it “efficient.” Cost savings? No- that’s a national security self-own. Oversight failed, and it needs fixing fast. #CyberSecurity #NationalSecurity #China
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Amazon Web Services hosts massive surveillance systems for both ICE and DHS.

Citizens Bank provides nearly $1 trillion in credit & bonds to private prison companies.

AT&T has a $147 million contract to provide communications services to DHS.

Know who is profiting from ICE’s cruelty.

It is this: that is a firearm owned by a responsible gun owner who takes concealed carry very seriously, and is probably technically proficient. The person who carries it is going to immediately be recognized as "one of us."

This is tomorrow’s front page for The Minnesota Star Tribune. In a moment in which much of legacy media are enabling and condoning the worst actions of the Trump admin, the reporters and editors of the Star Tribune are not holding back one bit.

Worries about vaccination rates in dogs As rabies seems to be spreading more in wildlife, veterinarians are especially worried about vaccine hesitancy spreading among pet owners, a dangerous trend that could lead to more dogs - and their owners- becoming infected. A 2023 study published in the journal Vaccine found in nationally representative sample of Americans that nearly 40% believed canine vaccines were unsafe and 37% believed that vaccines could lead their dogs to develop cognitive issues, such as autism.

May I remind everyone that there is currently NO cure for rabies.

May I also remind everyone there is absolutely NO scientific proof connecting ANY vaccine that we produce today with autism.

This is true regarding vaccination in both humans AND in dogs.

Vaccinate your pets please.

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Just In: The Kiel Institute for the World Economy finds Americans paid 96% of Trump’s tariffs, not foreign exporters.

So we taxed ourselves, called it “tough on China,” and got slower job growth in return. Brilliant 🇺🇸

Newsom: “Costs are up and job growth 1/2
#BlueSky #EconSky #PoliSky

Americans Are the Ones Paying for Tariffs, Study Finds New research contradicts President Trump’s claim that foreigners are footing the bill.

US consumers and importers absorbed 96% of tariff costs. Rather than acting as a tax on foreign producers, the tariffs functioned as a consumption tax on Americans. $200 bil in additional 2025 U.S. tariff revenue “was paid almost exclusively by Americans.”
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US citizen says ICE removed him from his Minnesota home in his underwear after warrantless search Federal immigration agents have detained a U.S. citizen in Minnesota at gunpoint without a warrant. That's according to ChongLy “Scott” Thao, who says agents forced open his door, entered with guns drawn and led him outside in his underwear in freezing conditions.

Federal immigration agents forced open a door and detained a U.S. citizen in his Minnesota home at gunpoint without a warrant, then led him out onto the streets in his underwear in subfreezing conditions, according to his family and videos reviewed by The Associated Press.